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Shibuya Sky is the observation deck on top of Shibuya Scramble Square in Tokyo. Its rooftop is 229 m above the ground and open on all sides.
Prices
★Our pick Ticket counter
Official Shibuya Sky prices, one visitor aged 12 or over. Children up to 11 and 12-year-olds in elementary school pay ¥1,200, sold only at the counter on the day. Preschoolers up to 6 enter free. Children up to 11 enter with an adult holding a ticket.
Ticket rules
Used for entry Not used
Official Shibuya Sky information. Every visitor shows an original passport, and it has to match the details registered at purchase. Tickets from some agents are exchanged at the 14F counter.
Possible Not possible
Official Shibuya Sky information. Tickets go on sale at 00:00 Japan time two weeks before entry, with 20-minute entry slots. When tickets for ages 12 and over sell out online, the counter has none either. Nothing is refunded after entry.
Entry times
Tokyo sunset times from timeanddate.com, on the 15th of each month. Bar length is the time from 15:00 to sunset.
Shibuya Sky is open from 10:00 to 22:30, with last entry at 21:20. It closes on 1 January. There is no limit on how long visitors stay, but re-entry isn’t possible.
Floor by floor
Elevator Escalator
- RF SKY STAGE, rooftop, 229 m
- 46F SKY GALLERY, indoor deck, café
- 14-45F SKY GATE elevator
- 14F Entry gate, ticket counter
- 1F Dedicated elevator outside
Zone order from official Shibuya Sky information. There are stairs, and wheelchairs and strollers are directed to a priority elevator.
The rooftop has Sky Edge, a corner overlooking the Scramble Crossing, Cloud Hammock, where visitors lie back and look at the sky, and Geo Compass at the very top. Crossing Light is a column of light that runs daily from 19:00 on the hour and half hour, and its show changes with the season. During the opening hours of the seasonal rooftop bar, part of the rooftop is for bar guests only.
What can go on the roof
Allowed Not allowed
Official Shibuya Sky rules. Items that can't go up are left in lockers on 46F (32 cm high, 37.5 cm wide, 43 cm deep). Tripods on 46F indoors may be refused when it is crowded. Only rental strollers are allowed on the rooftop.
Suitcases and other large luggage can’t be brought in. The rooftop closes without notice in strong wind, rain, snow, thunder or extreme heat, and 46F indoors stays open.
Where it is
JR Yamanote LineMain roads (Meiji-dori, Aoyama-dori)
Sketch from OpenStreetMap coordinates and official Shibuya Sky information. The underground exit is B6, and the elevator to the entrance is outside the building on 1F. The Sky Lobby on 11F of Hikarie is a different place.